The win is great, couldn't be sweeter, but when did we become a counter attacking side?
When did we become a Counter attacking side?
- Thread starter Alek M
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1878? 
we have been so, off and on, for as far as I can remember, anyway. Only in recent seasons have we not been because we've lacked the pace to do it. And 4-5-1, I guess.
we have been so, off and on, for as far as I can remember, anyway. Only in recent seasons have we not been because we've lacked the pace to do it. And 4-5-1, I guess.
When we are playing our third choice midfield against the 2nd best midfield in the league apparently.
ever since we have flying wingers and pacey forwards.
Well we bloody well can't attack at the same time as the opponent now can we
Nothing wrong with counter attack, but why the hell have we started this long ball crap. Our defence are starting to boot up the pitch all the time now.
It really sucks.
It really sucks.
original muppet said:
It's because we have no midfield.
Quite right. There's a huge gap in midfield for which we have to compensate.bergzen said:
bergzen said:
That explains everything. Thank you.
I can't wait for the return of Scholes.
original muppet said:
It's because Fletcher actually plays the long ball better than he does the short pass, and when O'Shea is in midfield he never wants the ball so Rio and Brown have no choice but to boot it forward if they aren't playing it out wide to the fullbacks.
M160RA said:
Cheers. It really sucks.
original muppet said:
True, it does suck. I hate that kind of football, and we're actually very poor at it. To be fair, we've only been doing it a lot since Scholes has gotten that knock on his head - there's no one in the midfield who is actually a good passer of the ball.
the number of united attacking players which were featured on the field said it all.
We had park,ronaldo,scholes and smith missing,i think that tells it all
I didn't really mind us playing a counter attacking game last night, considering our midfield situation. Unless we get better midfielders, we might have to continue playing like this in every game. 3 Points and I'm not going to complaining.
There's always room for complaining.
since Carlos Queiroz is our assistant Manager